
Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat announced that annual exports of goods and services reached the highest level in the history of the Republic.
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Türkiye's foreign trade volume has been showing an increasing trend in recent years.
Türkiye's exports of goods and services reached the highest level in the history of the Republic with 409.1 billion dollars. Minister of Commerce Ömer Bolat, in his statement on the 103rd anniversary of the Republic, stated that Türkiye has experienced a significant transformation in foreign trade in recent years and drew attention to the developments in production, technology and export capacity.
Bolat said, "As of September, we calculate that our annual exports of goods and services reached the highest level in the history of our Republic, with 409.1 billion dollars, together with our estimate for service exports." he said.
EXPORTS REACHED 223 COUNTRIES AND CUSTOMS TERRITORIES
Stating that Türkiye's export markets and product diversity have expanded, Bolat stated that the exports made to 24 countries and 30 chapters in the first years of the Republic spread to 223 countries and customs regions, all chapters and approximately 13 thousand different products in the January-September period of this year.
According to Bolat's statement, over 1 billion dollars were exported to 51 countries in 2025. In the same year, the annual exports of 33 provinces exceeded 1 billion dollars, while the number of exporting companies reached 167 thousand 779. The number of chapters with exports exceeding 1 billion dollars was 53.
Drawing attention to the increase in Türkiye's daily export capacity, Bolat stated that 1 billion dollars of exports, which could be achieved in a year in 1973, became possible in a month in 1987 and in a day as of 2013. Bolat stated that daily exports sometimes exceed 2 billion dollars.
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